4.—(1) The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 18(2) (interpretation), omit the definition of “specified public authority”.
(3) In regulation 21 (protected information: restriction on use or disclosure by registrar)—
(a)in the heading omit “use or”;
(b)in paragraph (3)—
(i)for “the registrar must not use or disclose” substitute “the registrar must not disclose”;
(ii)for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)as permitted by regulation 24 (permitted disclosure by registrar: disclosure to credit reference agency),”;
(iii)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) for the full stop substitute “, or”;
(iv)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)in accordance with section 1110F (disclosure by the registrar) of the Companies Act 2006.”.
(4) Omit regulation 22 (permitted use of protected information by the registrar: communication).
(5) Omit regulation 23 (permitted disclosure by the registrar: disclosure to specified public authority).
(6) Omit Schedule 1 (specified public authorities).
(7) In Schedule 2 (conditions for permitted disclosure)—
(a)omit Part 1 (disclosure to specified public authority);
(b)in paragraph 6(c)(i) for “section 1112 (general false statement offence)” substitute “section 1112 (false statements: basic offence) or section 1112A (false statements: aggravated offence)”;
(c)for paragraph 7(d)(i) substitute—
“(i)a person to whom the registrar could disclose information under section 1110F (disclosure by the registrar) of the Companies Act 2006; or”;
(d)in paragraph 11—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1) omit the definition of a “public function” and “and” preceding it;
(ii)omit sub-paragraph (2)(b) and “and” preceding it.